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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Zahra Shahid killed in Karachi

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Zahra Shahid killed in Karachi

KARACHI: PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf Sindhseniorvicepresident, ZahraShahidHussain, was gunneddown here on Saturdaynight, GeoNewsreported. Her murder comes on the eve of a closely-fought partialreelection in NA–250Karachi, a constituency which PTI is very confident to lay claim to given the re–polls are conductedfreely, fairly, and transparently. According to initial reports, unidentifiedgunmenshot her outside her residence in DefenceHousingAuthority (DHA) PhaseIV here.

Earlier, the police had said that she was ambushed by twobikers who were lying in wait around the corner. “The assailantsopenedfire on Zahra, 60, as soon as reached the gate of her residence. Apparently they were there to target her only”, a policeofficial told GeoNews.

However, minutes later, SSPNasirAftab, claimed that according to what investigators had learned from Zahra’sdaughter and driver, the eyewitnesses, it was a streetcrime related murder.

“The PTIleader got killed resisting an armed roadside robbery“, said SSPAftab. An eyewitness said that she had handed the attackers her belongings, but they shot her even then.

The shooters fled away with the booty leaving her seriously wounded. Zahra was rushed to a hospital immediately, but succumbed to her injuries on the way, sources said.

According to sources in the private hospital, where she was pronounced dead, she was shot in the head twice, apparently from a point-blank range. “Onebullet, which entered her chin and exited the back of her head, became the cause of her death”, sources said.

Her body was shifted to JinnahPost–graduateMedicalCentre (JPMC) for medico–legalformalities. PTIchiefImranKhan and spokesperson ShireenMazari denounced the killing of their partyleader and demandedjustice without delay.

ImranKhan wrote on his Twitter account that he was shocked & deeply saddened by the brutal killing of ZaraShahidHussain, who was like an elder sister to him. It was an act of targetedterror, he added.

He held AltafHussain “directly responsible” for the murder, saying the MQMchief had openly threatened the PTIleaders and workers (over their staging sit-ins against vote rigging).

“The tragic incident is an act of blatant terrorism. The provincial government has completely failed in safeguarding the citizens”, Mazari said.

MuttahidaQaumiMovement (MQM) chiefAltafHussain has also condemned the killing. According to PTI spokesman, ZahraShahidHussain was the founder member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.